IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION recognizing Stand Up KC, an organization founded to support low-wage workers in Kansas City, on the occasion of its fifth anniversary fundraising event to be held February 3, 2018.
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RESOLUTION NO. 19703, January 29, 2018
INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, Stand Up KC was founded in 2013 to support low-wage fast food and retail workers in the Kansas City area; and,
WHEREAS, today 48,000 Kansas Citians are employed in some of the world's largest and most profitable fast food and retail corporations, while working in our city's worst paying jobs; and,
WHEREAS, the average fast food worker is now 32 years old and the average retail worker is 38 years old, each making about $7.35 per hour; and,
WHEREAS, Stand Up KC was founded as an organized movement to support these workers' rights and to campaign for fair, living wages; and,
WHEREAS, most recently 69 percent of voters in Kansas City pledged support to low-wage workers and their families by casting ballots to pass a $15 minimum wage; and,
WHEREAS, additionally the most recent Gallup poll indicates that 61 percent of Americans now support unions, up five points from 2016, and up thirteen points above the all-time low level in 2009; and,
WHEREAS, Stand Up KC will have a fundraising event in celebration of its fifth anniversary to be held at 7 p.m., February 3, 2018, at Knuckleheads Saloon, 2715 Rochester Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri, hosted by The Grisly Hand, Fred Wickham Music & the Hadacol Caravan, and The Country Duo; and,
WHEREAS, the citizens of Jackson County are invited to attend this event to observe the sacrifice and solidarity that built a 21st century movement of working people fighting for unions, better pay, and a voice on-the-job for every worker in America; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature hereby recogn...
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